There is little doubt, that in the course of the last five to seven years, e-government development has experienced a growth rate that can only be described as explosive: it has grown from 50 official home pages in 1996 to 50,000 web sites in 2001.
No cabe duda de que durante los cinco a siete últimos años el desarrollo del gobierno electrónico ha crecido a un ritmo que sólo cabe calificar de explosivo: ha pasado de 50 páginas iniciales oficiales en 1996 a 50.000 sitios web en 2001.